Method of obtaining high polish on furniture and the like.



PATENTED JULY 24,- 1906.

v. LETTER. METHOD OF OBTAINING HIG'H POLISH ON FURNIT URE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MARLBO. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENZ LUTTER, OF DRESDEN, GERMANY.

METHOD OF OBTAINING HIGH POLISH ON FURNITURE AND THE LIKE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Applicationfiled March 30, 1906. serial No. 308.895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINGENZ LUTTER, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Dresden, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods for Obtaining a High Polish on Furniture and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

Thepresent invention has reference to a new process or method for applying a high polish to furniture or the like; and the object of the invention is to do away with the several disadvantages attaching to the old polishin methods, the chief one of which is foun in the unevenness of the obtained olish, which is always more or lessdepen ent upon the skill of the workman.

According to the present invention the polishing operation takes place automatically by simply exposing the work-piece to the action of spirit vapors or fumes. The piece of furniture or the like to be treated is prepared for this polishing operation inthe folowing manner: The piece is first stained, oiled, and roughed with glasspaper or pumice-stone and linseed-oil varnish in the well-known manner and is then carefully wiped off with linen or the like. Next it is lacquered, the lacquer containing a little more copal. and spirit than is usual. The lacquer is allowed to dry thoroughly, and one or more coats of it may be put on successively, accordingI to the kind of wood under treatment. T e last lacquer coating is then matted wet with pumice-stone. The

thusrepared piece of furniture is then ex pose to the action of spirit fumes or vapors, whereby a high polish of unusual brilliancy and evenness is obtained. This polishdevelops in a few minutes, so that a reat savin of time takes place over the te ious difficut hand-polishing now in use. Glazed or oil-painted pieces of furniture are similarly prepared, only in the pieces covered with glazing color the staining is omitted, and the oil-painted pieces are lacquered only once wit pure lacquer.

In carrying the described method into practice any apparatus in which the work-piece is exposed evenly, to the-spirit fumes may be used. Still in order to give a clear idea of such an apparatus I have illustrated on the accompanying drawings an apparatus which I have found very suitable for carrying out my described method. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of the apparatus with the front door open. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section.

The apparatus consists, essentially, of a casing preferably of iron and large enough to hol the largest piece of furniture. Within this casing, which somewhat resembles a big safe, is provided a pan (1, which can be vertically displaced and which in operation is charged with spirit. Sheets 0 are stretched in the casing in suitable manner, dipping into the spirit-pan, sucking up the liquid, and evaporating it, and so charging-the casing with the fumes.

The piece of furniture to be treated is placed upon thecover d of the drip-pan b. The

door 6 is closed, and after a short time the piece can be taken out again, showing'a perfeet high polish. I

The evaporating sheets 0 may be wound upon rollers in order to keep them always stretched taut, following the displacement of the pan a upon a larger or smaller work-piece being treated. The position of the spiritpan relative to the surrounding casin may be adjusted by means of a crane, a ilockand-tackle device, or the like g, the ropes of which are run through the top of the casing, as shown.

What I claim as new is 1. Method for obtaining a high polish on furniture and the like, consisting in ex osing the piece to be treated to the action 0 spirit fumes, substantially as set forth.

2. Method for obtaining a high polish on furniture and the like, consistin in suitably preparing the piece to be treate and exposmg it to the action of spirit fumes, substan-' exposing it wit in a closed receptacle. to the action of spirit fumes. substantially as set forth.

4. Method Ior obtaining a high polish on In testimony whereof'I affix my signature furniture arlild the like, ionsistingdin siiliitalhly in presence of two witnesses.

reparing t e piece to e treate an t en exposing it Within a closed receptacle con- VINCENZ LUTTER' 5 taming means for charging the inclosed air Witnesses:

with spirit fumes, to the action of these fumes, PAUL ARRES, substantially as set forth. CARL FRIEDRICH REIcHELT. 

